SDET

Responsibilities

Kforce has a client that is seeking a SDET in Merrimack, NH.Summary:In this role, you will serve as a key contributor within a high-performing Scrum team, driving quality strategy, test automation, and best practices across the development lifecycle. As a senior SDET, you bring a strong blend of advanced software development expertise and a deeply ingrained QA mindset, enabling you to lead by example while mentoring others and influencing the overall quality direction of the product.Essential Functions:

• Lead and collaborate as a senior Agile team member to design and deliver solutions for User Stories, including robust and scalable automated test scenarios
• Drive and actively participate in the refinement and grooming of User Stories, ensuring comprehensive test coverage, QA strategy, and automation design
• Design, develop, and maintain advanced functional automation frameworks and test cases
• Provide leadership in iteration reviews and product demos, representing quality engineering perspectives
• Proactively identify, log, and prioritize defects/issues, and partner closely with team members to drive timely resolution
• Lead and facilitate defect triage sessions, ensuring effective root cause analysis and risk mitigation strategies
• Oversee and validate production release deployments, ensuring high confidence through thorough verification and monitoring practices
• Mentor and guide junior QA and engineering team members, fostering a culture of quality, ownership, and continuous improvement

Skills

• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database systems
• Familiarity with Behavior-Driven Development (BDD); Gherkin experience is a plus
• Experience or knowledge of testing web applications and RESTful web services (APIs)
• Ability to contribute to defining and evolving the Test Pyramid for products
• Familiarity with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
• Computer Science degree, relevant coursework, or equivalent software development experience

Additional strengths:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly collaborative team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
• Strong problem identification and resolution skills
• Continuous improvement mindset, viewing challenges and failures as opportunities to learn and grow
• Appreciation for sustainable development practices, including maintaining a healthy work-life balance
• A proactive QA mindset that assumes products may contain defects and works diligently with the team to identify and resolve them

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.


We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.


Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.


This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.


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